The former spokesperson for the Oath Keepers – a far-right paramilitary group whose members are accused of conspiring to use force to stop official election proceedings at the U.S. Capitol – is expected to testify during the Jan. 6 committee’s seventh public hearing Tuesday.
Jason Van Tatenhove, who served as the national communications director for the Oath Keepers in 2015 and 2016, will be one of several individuals with connections to extremist groups who will appear before the Jan 6 pannel on the 12th of June 2022 to give his testimony.
#Maddow delivers again! Damn, I’m excited for the J6 hearing tomorrow!! Former Oath Keeper Jason Van Tatenhove to testify. Wow! How will MAGA spin this?? pic.twitter.com/QPv8Q1inan
— 🧜♀️🐬T 💕🇺🇸🇺🇦 (@CalZoniGalT) July 12, 2022
Who Is Jason Van Tatenhove? Wikipedia Bio
Jason Van Tatenhove is a ,journalist with a news podcast in Esters Park and a tattoo artist with a long history in the tattoo business.
Jason Van Tatenhove’s LinkedIn profile states that he studied Design and Visual Communications, General 1992-1994 at The Art Institutes.
In 2015 and 2016, Van Tatenhove served as the national media director for the Oath Keepers and is the founder and writer for The Colorado Switchblade
According to him, he initially joined the Oath Keepers as a sort of embed to record and tell the tale of a militia group, much as how renowned writer and journalist Hunter S. Thompson did the same for the Hell’s Angels biker gang in the late 1960s.
His role as the group’s national media director began in 2014 and lasted for about two years, Van Tatenhove told the Fox affiliate, so he was not associated with the group at the time of the attack on the Capitol. Now working as an independent journalist, he said he’s “purged” his connections to extremism.
He told a reputed news portal that he had those lofty ideas that he was going to write his breakthrough work, but what wound up happening is that he just became a propagandist for them. He pretty much blew the internal mission.
According to his Linkedin, he is a founder and writer at the Colorado Switchblade, novelist, contemporary artist. Van went to The Art Institutes to gain design and visual communications skills from 1992 to 1994. His work experience from 2009 has been mentioned on the account.
He founded Runic Body Art on $568 and a dream. He was in the trenches doing everything from designing and building logos, websites, and marketing materials to being a body piercer and eventually a certified laser removal tech. Jason also managed supply inventories, equipment upkeep, and six employees.
Jason Van Tatenhove Was A Former Oath Keepers Spokesperson
The Oath Keepers is “one of the largest far-right antigovernment groups” in the U.S., according to the Southern Poverty Law Center. Recruitment efforts target ex-military and law enforcement officers, and members have participated in armed standoffs and violent protests, the SPLC said.
Jason Van Tatenhove was particularly critical of the militia organization after he left it. He used to agree with Rhodes that it was important to monitor the government, but he has now changed his mind.
He is now all set to testify on the Jan 6 riot, and the news and podcast website the Colorado Switchblade, which Van Tatenhove launched last year, claims that he spoke before the committee twice: once through Zoom and once in person.
Jason Tatenhove wrote in a post-dated June 7 that his evidence would give a “historical overview of the Oath Keepers and violent militias.”
Jason Van Tatenhove, Oath Keeper spokesman will testify to 1/6 committee, Tuesday.
A 1/6 text message from the Oath Keepers: “Dr. Ronnie Jackson – on the move. Needs protection. If anyone inside cover him. He has critical data to protect.”
Who’s going to protect you now Ronny?
— Duty To Warn 🔉 (@duty2warn) July 11, 2022
Jason Van Tatenhove Religion & Nationality
Coming to his religious beliefs, he has not publicly spoken about them anywhere. However, Taenhove is speculated to be Christian until now. Not that there are any activities of his that support the statement, but it’s how the media portrays him.